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Page 12
... great , mad . Children blessings seem , but torments are ; When young our folly , and when old our fear . Heaven lies about us in our infancy . Otway . Wordsworth . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To 12 YOUTH .
... great , mad . Children blessings seem , but torments are ; When young our folly , and when old our fear . Heaven lies about us in our infancy . Otway . Wordsworth . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To 12 YOUTH .
Page 28
... folly , closed in tears . The light of love , the purity of grace , Crabbe . Byron . The mind , the music breathing from her face , The heart , whose softness harmonized the whole ; And oh , that eye was in itself a soul ! Byron . She ...
... folly , closed in tears . The light of love , the purity of grace , Crabbe . Byron . The mind , the music breathing from her face , The heart , whose softness harmonized the whole ; And oh , that eye was in itself a soul ! Byron . She ...
Page 52
... folly . Love sought is good , but given unsought is better . There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned . One who loved not wisely , but too well . Base men , being in love , have then a nobility in their natures more than is ...
... folly . Love sought is good , but given unsought is better . There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned . One who loved not wisely , but too well . Base men , being in love , have then a nobility in their natures more than is ...
Page 53
... undoing ; Though wisdom oft has sought me , I scorned the love she brought me ; My only books were women's looks , And folly's all they've taught me . Mrs. Osgood . Moore . The pleasure of love is in loving . We are 5 * LOVE . 53.
... undoing ; Though wisdom oft has sought me , I scorned the love she brought me ; My only books were women's looks , And folly's all they've taught me . Mrs. Osgood . Moore . The pleasure of love is in loving . We are 5 * LOVE . 53.
Page 59
... too much dotage rather argues folly , Than true affection . He , full of bashfulness and truth , Massinger . Loved much , hoped little , and desired naught . Fairfax . And there's one on whom e'en I Might my maiden LOVE . 59.
... too much dotage rather argues folly , Than true affection . He , full of bashfulness and truth , Massinger . Loved much , hoped little , and desired naught . Fairfax . And there's one on whom e'en I Might my maiden LOVE . 59.
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